Example sentences of "turned and [verb] [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Gilbert turned and scurried back to him . |
| 2 | ‘ Good , ’ he said thickly , raking a hand through his hair , then turned and strode out of the villa , slamming the door behind him with a crash that reverberated through the house . |
| 3 | The other Rex turned and strode back to his troops . |
| 4 | Ben turned and stared out across the water fixedly . |
| 5 | Alone again , he turned and stared out across the shadowed lands of his estate towards the distant mountains . |
| 6 | But she had gone only a few paces before she turned and stared back at the door , a strong sense of oddness — of wrongness — holding her in its grip . |
| 7 | Ben hurried to the shutters and threw them open , then turned and stared back into the room . |
| 8 | It had become a very sad sight indeed , but Jack hardly noticed as he turned and stared back down the hill to Sakata , its neat rows of buildings looking like so much Lego . |
| 9 | He turned and stared back down the muddy track . |
| 10 | He hesitated , then turned and rummaged around on a shelf against the wall . |
| 11 | With a slow smile that gave his face quite extraordinary charm , he picked up his bowl , waved a languid hand , then turned and ambled back across the garden , his borrowings clutched ridiculously to his large chest . |
| 12 | We turned and filed back to our seats . |
| 13 | Miss Honey had heard the sound of Matilda 's feet racing over the gravel and now she straightened up and turned and stepped out of the rose-bed as the child came running up . |
| 14 | And she turned and went on down the path . |
| 15 | Aggie took two or three steps backwards , smiled , and turned and went out of the room , leaving the door wide open . |
| 16 | Then he turned and went out of the door . |
| 17 | A shy and tentative smile came to the girl 's face and then she turned and went out of the room , walking as surely and as gracefully as if she could see just like everyone else . |
| 18 | Without another word , he turned and went out of the room . |
| 19 | At the door he stopped for a moment and looked back , but then he turned and went out without another word . |
| 20 | Then he turned and went out in the garden again , closing the door behind him . |
| 21 | She kissed him on the cheek , then turned and went back to her room . |
| 22 | Without waiting for The Fat Controller 's reaction to all this , she turned and went back to her own table , where she was greeted with little ‘ Well done 's and furtive shoulder pats from her fellow diners . |
| 23 | She stared at me blankly for a moment , then turned and went back to the sitting room . |
| 24 | ‘ Cheers , lads , ’ Duncan said as we turned and went back to the pillar . |
| 25 | Frequently we stopped , turned and went back for another try to the left or right Our order did not change , with Odd-Knut out in front , then Tony and Nathan , and me bringing the line to an end . |
| 26 | Without saying anything further , Millie turned and went back into the house ; and Ben followed her , there to see Aggie shambling into the room , and although her eyes looked full of sleep , their powers of discernment were indeed wide awake . |
| 27 | Then he turned and went back into the house . |
| 28 | He turned and went back into the inn , but he could only just stand on his feet . |
| 29 | She made a tiny motion of her head , acknowledging the T'ang 's words ; then she stood and , with bows to Tsu Ma and her husband , turned and went back into the pagoda . |
| 30 | As the minibus disappeared out of the main gates they turned and went back into the foyer . |